University of Saskatchewan CAMPUS MASTER PLAN Senate Meeting Preliminary Presentation April 21, 2018 DIALOG ECS DA WATT
project process presentation agenda
Stakeholder Engagement Project Control phase1 Project Initiation + Reconnaissance phase2 Preliminary Concept Development + Campus Space Plan phase3 Draft Campus Master Plan phase4 Final Campus Master Plan May - June(2 months) July - October (4 months) October January (4 months) February October (7 months) Deliverables Consultant Team Tasks Background Document and Policy Review Existing Conditions + Analysis & Constraints Project Client Team Working Groups Ov ersight Committee Project Kick-off May June Summer Months Sept - Oct Oct - Dec January Feb - May October Ex isting Conditions Opportunities + Constraints summary Stakeholder Interviews Pop-up Open Houses Campus Vision & Design Principles Preliminary Concept Plan + Space Planning Consultant Team Workshop Building + Space Needs Assessment Working Groups Workshop #1 Preliminary Concept Plan Stakeholder Workshop #1 Indigenous Stakeholder Group Event #1 Public Open House #1 Campus Space Plan Report Draft Report Plan Frameworks Concept Plan Refinement Internal Review Workshop #2 Indigenous Peoples Engagement Public Open House #2 Draft Master Plan & Report Refine & Finalize Master Plan Phasing & Implementation Final Revisions Phasing & Implementation Strategy U of S Governing Bodies Presentations Final Master Plan
presentation agenda vision and planning principles
Campus Master Plan VISION: The Vision for the University of Saskatchewan begins with Tawaw, a community oriented place that is always open, inviting, and inclusive to all. The Vision integrates history, culture, community, education, with place...the open spaces, the river, the streets, the agricultural lands, and the built form, to create a unique and beautiful campus. The Campus will be a safe, sustainable, compact, and complete environment that is welcoming and accessible. It will accommodate a diverse range of educational, pedagogical, social, physical, and cultural needs. It will be a walkable, permeable and connected place, bridging campus and community through the enhancements of the public realm, reflecting coordinated and collaborative efforts with the City of Saskatoon.
Campus Master Plan VISION: The Campus will showcase quality, leadership, sustainability, and resilience in all aspects of design, with quality learning and academic spaces, signature entryways, pedestrian and cyclist connections, public realm animation, seasonal activity, transit mobility and linkages, and the preservation of cherished built form, agricultural character and the natural environment. The university s identity will be built on creating a vibrant, healthy, active, year-round campus and destination, with unique experiences for both the university and the City of Saskatoon for decades to come.
Planning PRINCIPLES Tawaw Doors always open! An inclusive and welcoming place for the University community, the surrounding community and the city as a whole. 1 Create a Complete Community Consider the mix of campus uses and functions, the users, and the types of buildings and public spaces to foster diversity, integration, and community building. 2 Indigenize the Campus Commitment to campus Indigenization reflected in design and programming of the physical campus. 3
Planning PRINCIPLES Support Health and Wellbeing of the university community and surrounding community as a recreational destination, and food and amenity resource. 4 Create a Campus for Learning and Research Build identity as a learning and research environment. Focus on quality and innovative teaching, pedagogical educational opportunities, in the context of a quality environment. 5 Create a Sustainable and Resilient Campus Commit to sustainable, environmental, social, educational, and economic growth. The public realm and built environment should provide opportunities for outstanding contributions to sustainability, research, and innovation. 6
Planning PRINCIPLES Create a Compact, Connected and Accessible Campus Connect to the city and the community through multiple active transportation methods such as walking, cycling and transit. Create a clear hierarchy of streets and wayfinding strategies that provides convenient access and an ease of movement to and from campus, and on campus in all seasons. 7 Consider Placemaking Enhance Precinct Synergies and Uses Create a safe, vibrant, animated place throughout with unique (precinct) destinations and public spaces. 8
Planning PRINCIPLES Enhance Campus Identity 9 Build identity on education, community, heritage, and place, strengthened through integrated, collaborative, and synergistic relationships with University, City and community. Create a Quality Built Environment New buildings should reflect quality, timelessness 10 and sustainability, and the University s heritage identity and character of place should be preserved.
Planning PRINCIPLES Preserve the Natural Landscape and Create a Diverse Open Space Network Create a diversity of beautiful, innovative, flexible, 11 inspiring and welcoming open spaces. Preserve the natural heritage landscape, integrated with new spaces and green streets to meet a variety of campus and community needs. Develop a Parking Strategy and Encourage Alternative Transportation Create a parking strategy that will reduce parking 12 demand on campus, reduce the surface parking footprint, maximize mobility options, and minimize environmental harm to the campus.
Planning PRINCIPLES Create Flexible, Efficient, and Adaptive Learning Spaces 3 Design to maximize both interior and exterior space utilization and efficiency. Be adaptive to accommodate a variety of changes to seasonal, community, educational, economical, and environmental needs. Build on Current Initiatives and Ongoing Engagement 4 Nothing About Us Without Us is the new standard of business. Commit to ongoing engagement. Create a framework for consultation and collaboration including engagement with a variety of groups, including Campus Elders, the City, and other key stakeholders.
concept plan presentation agenda
CONCEPT PLAN Highlights Provides a physical framework for 25-50 years of growth Connectivity permeability, movement and walkability emphasizing a human scale Places defined and shaped by open spaces, streets, pathways, trails, and the landscape Buildings front onto spaces and connections Relationships to the river valley and water are restored
big moves presentation agenda
BIG MOVES Reimagine Campus Drive Celebrate the Drive as a key part of the Campus history Shift the function from street to place - a pedestrian oriented place that is walkable and accommodates multiple modes of transportation Re-establish historic building setbacks and landscape forecourts Enhance the streetscaping so that it is a visibly unique place and experience
BIG MOVES Create two new road access loops Build on the connectivity of the heritage loop to access all areas of the campus North Campus, Innovation Place, and the College Quarter
BIG MOVES Create a fine-grained network of new streets Increases connectivity and supports walkability Improves visual and physical wayfinding Provides options for multiple modes of movement Increases campus permeability
concept design: BIG MOVES Create a hierarchy of external gateways Improve wayfinding and accessibility Support a stronger campus identity and its face to the community
concept design: BIG MOVES Enhance the existing significant open spaces and identify new open spaces New destination open spaces throughout the campus new hubs of active and passive activity Renew the pattern of buildings framing and defining open spaces internal courtyards, quads, corridors Expand and enhance the river corridor and define new spaces within
concept design: BIG MOVES Expand the network of natural green corridors and trail connections Enhance the river s edge Enhance the natural east/west green corridors that run through the campus Define a green corridor around the campus perimeter for offroad bike and walking trails Increase the trail connections to the city
concept design: BIG MOVES Conserve and celebrate heritage buildings Enhance building assets to support campus character
concept design: BIG MOVES Enhance the unique character areas 5 1. South Campus 2. North Campus 6 2 3 3. East Campus 4. Farmstead 7 1 4 10 5. Innovation Place 6. River Valley 7. Health Sciences 9 8. College Quarter 8 9. Athletics 10.Agricultural
frameworks presentation agenda
OPEN SPACE FRAMEWORK Open Spaces function to create a beautiful, welcoming, animated, pedestrian oriented environment and destination. Each typology accommodates a variety of needs LEGEND ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR AND FOREST LANDSCAPE WATER FEATURES PLAZAS QUADS AND COURTYARDS PARK SPACES SPECIAL GARDENS SPORTS FIELDS AGRICULTURAL LANDS WORKING LANDSCAPES FOUR CORNER GREEN GATEWAYS
BUILT FORM FRAMEWORK New building opportunities to define and enhance precincts, and increase mixed university and community uses and amenities LEGEND EXISTING BUILDINGS PROPOSED BUILDINGS HERITAGE BUILDINGS
frameworks: MOVEMENT FRAMEWORK MOVEMENT A multi-modal network, fostering walkability, connectivity, and an ease in wayfinding LEGEND LOOP ROADS GREEN STREETS PEDESTRIAN PATHS LOCAL STREETS PRIMARY GATEWAY SECONDARY GATEWAY
Thank you! DIALOG ECS DA WATT
For more project information visit: http://facilities.usask.ca/campus-master-plan/ Please direct any comments or questions to: Erin Akins Campus Master Plan Project Coordinator erin.akins@usask.ca
CONCEPT PLAN